SVC connects students interested in volunteering in a health care setting with the Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (PMPMC)'s student volunteer program. Volunteers with PMPMC commit to one weekly three-hour shift in one of the units at the Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (e.g. emergency room, pediatrics, neurology) and primarily work in roles that involve interacting with patients and helping the nursing staff. Duties may include: checking in with patients, translating for patients, transporting patients in wheelchairs, greeting families and visitors, organizing and stripping charts, delivering medications and lab samples, restocking rooms, answering phone calls, and more. Students must go through the hospital's application process in order to become a volunteer with UMCPP, and this process may take a couple months.

Project: Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center Hospital Volunteering

Project Leaders: Veronica Zhang ([email protected])

Community Partner: Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center

Project Description: College volunteers will volunteer in a department at the hospital. Responsibilities vary by department, but most volunteers will be involved with ensuring available inventory, assisting with patient requests, food delivery, cleaning rooms, and patient transport. Volunteers must apply every semester through the Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center Volunteer Office, and new assignments are made every semester.

Frequency/Time Commitment Expected: One 3-hour shift per week in your assigned department

Mode of communication: Email